field ambulance

British  

noun

1. military a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital

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Example Sentences

In his report, written 10 days after the Sir Galahad was attacked, Capt Roberts said: "The LCU returned to pick up the Welsh Guards to take them around to Bluff Cove as previously arranged, however it was commandeered… to take three Land Rovers, four trailers, plus some of his field ambulance to Fitzroy settlement".

From BBC

Nine of the dead were civilians, including two doctors who it said had been "providing critically needed services to civilians in Tripoli. One doctor was reportedly killed while working as part of a field ambulance service".

From BBC

British military records show that Duffy died on April 23, 1915, from his wounds in a Canadian field ambulance.

From Washington Times

Rumours circulated that the ship had been carrying munitions, but this is now understood to relate to the rifles carried by some ambulance drivers of the field ambulance unit to defend their patients, which was permitted.

From BBC

His uncle was a doctor with the 2/12 Field Ambulance unit.

From BBC